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Doc Bug #69559 mb_language() default is "neutral", and the possible languages are more broad
Submitted: 2015-05-01 17:28 UTC Modified: 2020-11-03 17:39 UTC
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From: bishop@php.net Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 5.6.8 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-05-01 17:28 UTC] bishop@php.net 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mb-language
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By default, mb_language returns "neutral", per:
https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-5.6.8/ext/mbstring/mbstring.c#L1473

Further, the list of possible languages are:
German
English
Armenian
Japanese
Korean
neutral
Russian
Turkish
Ukrainian
uni
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

As found in the C files from:
https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/PHP-5.6.8/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/nls

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 [2015-05-01 17:33 UTC] bishop@php.net 
And, actually, there are aliases that are valid too:
Deutsch
universal
 [2017-01-28 12:55 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: mbstring related
 [2020-11-03 17:39 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-11-03 17:42 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=3e6615fced0073cd66023d92b722ca56142a0f89
Log: Fix #69559: mb_language() default is "neutral", and the possible languages are more broad
 [2020-11-03 17:42 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed
 
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